winter wonderland

spring is coming soon so i thought i'd post some white winter photos. i took these photos during and after the snowstorms and snowicanes. enjoy!

from manhattan to brooklyn

i've always wanted to cross the brooklyn bridge on foot but never had the chance to. today was a great 70deg spring day so i finally did! i had a busy hectic work week sitting for hours on my work chair so the walk was great for my back therapy and was fun at the same time. we ended up having a nice brunch and walk around dumbo, brooklyn and took the subway back to manhattan. :-)

happy spring to all!

lots of love...

The 50mm f/1.4 lens: Photography's Magic Bullet - Digital Photo Tips and More on PopPhoto.com

just wanted to share this article on one my favorite lenses that i currently use... cheap yet great!
just click on the link below...

The 50mm f/1.4 lens: Photography's Magic Bullet - Digital Photo Tips and More on PopPhoto.com


Happy Easter! :-)

one in 8 million - from the NY times

hi there...

i just wanted to share this cool multimedia article i found in the New York times website today. this is how the multimedia starts...

"News York is a city of characters. On the subway and in its streets, from the intensity of Midtown to the intimacy of neighborhood blocks, is a 305-square mile parade of people with something to say. This is a collection of a few of their problems, relationships and routines, vocations and obsessions. A new story will be added weekly."

it's a great collection of people narrating & sharing their life stories while great black & white photographs flash in a slide show. the photographs tell their stories.
being a photographer, it would have been something that i would have loved to photograph...

click below for web link:
"one in 8 million"

happy viewing and have a great weekend.

lots of love...

election night with Obama

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Originally uploaded by Barack Obama

...a moment in history well captured in a powerful image ... OBAMA in a historical moment with his wife on the background watching election results on TV at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Ill. during the U.S. presidential election night.

i just wanted to share these historical "behind the scenes" - images of president-elect Obama and his family during election night, taken by Obama's campaign photographer & uploaded on Flickr photo-sharing website.

see links below:
slideshow:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/show/

images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/

david blaine in central park - dive of death

i am always curious to see what David Blaine is up to everytime he is in NYC to attempt to do something crazy. he says it himself... that he is a crazy man. :-)
(david blaine was born and raised in brooklyn, ny.)
this is the 3rd time i've had the opportunity to see him in action right before his magic spectacle. this time, he is at the famous Wollman Rink in Central Park. tonight, as i post this blog, he will conclude his 3-day spectacle in NYC.

"David Blaine, known for his headline-making spectacles of physical, emotional and mental endurance, will live on the line -- literally. Blaine, the 'Upside Down Man,' will attempt to hang from a thin wire five stories in the air -- with no safety net or airbag to break his fall -- in Central Park's Wollman Rink for three days and nights. Using electro-magnetic boots, Blaine will walk on and under the wire during more than 60 hours of the challenge. How will he exit from his perch overlooking New York City? Details of Blaine's heart-stopping plunge at the conclusion of the special are a closely-guarded secret."

i guess you'll just have to watch it tonight, see it in the news or read about it tomorrow... warning: don't be surprised if it doesn't end up that great ;-)

...til the next crazy magic spectacle of David Blaine

...ciao!

me and david b. ;-)

'The NY Waterfalls' by Olafur Eliasson

i just wanted to share a few pics that i took during our office summer boat cruise. of course, i took the opportunity of taking a lot of photos of the famous NY Waterfalls by artist Olafur Eliasson that will run 'til Oct. 2008. there are four of them along the east river but i specially liked the one under the Brooklyn Bridge which you see here on the photos. for more info, visit the official website: http://www.nycwaterfalls.org/
i included some photos of other views that i took during the cruise. i am also organizing a mini photo exhibit in our office of photographs taken by some people during the cruise and few of these will be images included. :-)

enjoy! :-)

there are 2 falls in this photo.. can you find the other one? :-)
lower manhattan
lady liberty

happy 4th of july!

i hope all of you had a great holiday weekend. i just wanted to share a few of the photos that i took during a trip to washington, dc. the amazing fireworks show was held at the mall. we had a great spot right under the washington monument complete with our beach chairs and cooler packed with food and drinks and waited for the show to start. it rained and poured a couple of times but by the time the fireworks show started, there were only a few showers. it was a lot of fun. :-)

on the pictures, you will see the lincoln memorial in the background. enjoy the photos. :-)
lots of love...

...from a 5 year old's eye view

i just wanted to share some photos from last weekend that a 5 year old kid took of me in manhattan, NY. his name is Martin. i had a photo session for him since he just turned 5. i thought these photos were great and so real and to see what a kid sees is amazing. :-)

i had asked him to go down the steps and run back so i could take photos of him but he wanted to do it too and take pictures of me first. :-) so i let him... i placed the camera strap around his neck while his mom was beside him... then i taught him how to use the camera... then click...click...click... these were the shots that he took of me :-)

and here's a photo i took of the little photographer... meet Martin.
(my feet and flip-flops on the background :-) )

more pics from his fun photo session coming in my next blog post!

to all the mothers...

happy mother's day!

-for my mom, all the mothers and soon-to-be mothers-

lots of love...

GIANTS win the SUPERBOWL!

KUDOS to the NY GIANTS for an awesome & historic win at the SUPERBOWL in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday! What a great night! ... and I won $150 from a superbowl party pool! woohoo! ;-)

.the GIANTS are going to the SUPERBOWL!!!.

woohoo! go GIANTS!

...some photos i took during Giants football games i watched last year at the Giants Stadium :-)
i think this is the 1st time i'll be really excited to watch the superbowl aside from watching the cool new commercials :-) i hope they win!!!